Improvement in magazine fire-arms



L. Z. TEHRILL.

Magazine Fire-Arm.

Patented May 4, 1869.

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LAFAYETTE Z. TERRILL, OF GHIGOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.

` To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE Z.TERRILL, of Ghicopee, inthe county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in Fire-Arms5 and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to that class of iirearms known as Lmagazinebreech-loaders,77 and it consists in the manner in which the cartridgeis introduced into the barrel of the gun, and in the manner in which thecartridgecase is removed therefrom, and in the form and construction ofthe hammer, and the general arrangement and combination of parts,whereby the gun is made self-loading and the parts greatly simplified ascompared with other similar arrangements.

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section, showing thedifferent parts of which it is composed and the manner of theircombination. This view represents the gun as having been discharged, andas ready for the withdrawal of the empty cartridge-case. Fig. 2 is aview ot' the same, showing theV hammer drawn back, with the emptycartridge-case withdrawn, but still held by the nippcrs. In actualpractice, the case would be thrown from the nippers when the hammerreached the position shown.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In this example of my invention, the improvements are applied to apistol, as seen in the drawing; but this is merelyfor convenience sake,as the parts are equally well adapted to fire-arms of all sizes.

A represents the barrel. B is the magazine. U is the hammer. D is themainspring. E is the cartridge-receiver. F is the trigger. G is a link,which connects the hammer with the a is the pivot of the hammer. H isthe finger, which raises the receiver and pushes the cartridge `from thereceiver into the barrel.

The upper portion of the hammer is slotted, and the view of it being insection, but a small portion of it is seen, as in the slot there is apiece, J, which is attached to the hammer, and the hammer is seen onlyin dotted lines through J and at c. The pieceJ is connected with thehammer at the point d, which is a pivot, upon which J turns. The backend of J is operated upon by a small spring, t', which forces the endout onto the shoulder atf when the discharge takes place, so that thisshoulder receives the recoil through the piece J or the rear end of thepiece J may be enlarged to form a shoulder, and thrown outward by thespring It. This spring is attached to the hammer, and its position whenthe hammer is cocked is seen plainly in Fig. 2. g represents the nippersor retractor, which is attached to the end of a spring' marked h. Thespring is attached to the hammer at the point lc. As the piece isdischarged, theretractor is thrown into a position to take hold of theiiange ot the cartridge-case to withdraw it from the barrel, as seen inFigzvl. When the hammer is drawn back in the act of cooking the piece,the case is grappled and withdrawn, and the tension of the spring throwsit from the nippers, as before mentioned.

The receiver E is a chamber, which is slotted longitudinally through theunder side, and it is hung on a pivot, n, on which it is turned, so thatits opposite end is made to correspond with either the magazine or thebarrel of the piece. There is a lip, l, on the end of this rcceiver, onits under side, which closes the magazine when the receiver is raised,as seen in Fig. 2.

The receiver is raised and lowered and the cartridge is pushed therefromby the finger H, and the finger is operated by the hammer in thefollowing manner: l'n the toe of the hammer there is a friction-rollmarked o, which works in the curved recess in the finger marked p. Thepivot upon which the nger turns is at r. s is a friction-roll on thelinger H, which engages with the curved under side of lthe receiver, asseen at t. The linger raises the receiver up by the roll s when thehammer is drawn back, as seen in Fig. 2, from which position thereceiver drops by its own gravity, or is forced down by the hammer, asseen in Fig. l; but-before this is done the finger H must be thrown outof its way, and this is done b v the roll o on the hammer operating inthe curved slot p. When the finger is thrown forward in cooking thepiece, and raising the receiver thereby, the point of the finger pushesthe cartridge from the receiver into the barrel, as seen in the drawing.

u is a spring, which is attached to the trigger F, and which bearsagainst the pin c with a constant pressure, thereby forcing the triggeroutward. On the back or heel of the trigger there is a projecting pointor lip, (seen at u,) which is forced into a corresponding notch orrecess in the toe of the hammer when the pieceis cocked, as seen in Fig.2. ln pressing upon the trigger the point w is thrown from the notch,and the piece is discharged. It will thus be seen that the act ofcooking the piece (the hammer, by its action,) raises the receiver witha cartridge from the magazine, and

inserts the cartridge in the barrel, while the empty shell or case hasbeen griped by the nippers and withdrawn.

In discharging the piece the action of the hammer returns the receiverto the magazine,

where it receives another cartridge, and the operation is thus continueduntil the magazine 1s exhausted.

The magazine is a tube arranged under-the barrel, and the cartridges areforced out of it by a spiral spring, in the manner usual with this kindof fire-arms.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to securelby Letters Patent- 1. The hammer O, constructed as described and bearingthe friction-roller o, in combina-k tion with the receiver E and fingerH, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

2. The receiver E and the iin ger H, arranged and operatingsubstantially as shown and described.

3. The retractor g, attached to the hammer C by the spring h, incombination with the piece J, as herein described, for the purposespecified.

The above specication of my invention signed by me this 5th day of June,1867.

LAFAYLTTE z. TERRILL.

Witnesses WILLIAM MCGoRnroK, J AMns F. SWEENE Y.

